Newsletter February 2022
- Newsletters
- Posted 10.02.2022
Asset management and investment funds
- CSSF reform of the long form report
- ESG - Sustainable finance update
- Marketing communications
- UCITS cross-border notification requirement: new share class
- Virtual assets: CSSF and ESMA positions
- UCITS: impact of the covered bonds reform
- CSSF FAQ on UCIs: investment in SPACs
- UCITS: ESMA/EU Commission position on fee rebates
- PRIIPs : end of UCITS exemption on 31 December 2022
- UCITS and AIFs: CSA on valuation
- New CSSF fees
- End of EONIA and LIBOR
Administrative law
- Right of pre-emption: important case law
- New developments in public procurement and concessions
- Accessibility for everyone to places open to the public
Corporate, banking and finance
- CSSF adopts EBA Guidelines on sound remuneration
- New law on the issue of covered bonds
- CSSF guidance on virtual assets (credit institutions)
- Sustainable finance: Taxonomy update
- New regulatory framework for Crowdfunding Service Providers
- Clarifications on TCSP's registration requirements under the AML Law
- Domiciliation activity for business centres or co-working spaces
- New case law on minority shareholder action
- New RCS filling formalities
Employment and pensions law
EU law, competition and antitrust
- Merger control in Luxembourg – Launch of a public consultation
- Recent activity of the Competition Council
- Foreign sanctions: CJEU interprets EU Blocking Statute
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) update
ICT, IP, media and data protection
- CSSF White Paper on DLT and blockchain
- A refresh of certain trademark rules thanks to AC Milan
- Updated CNPD’s FAQ on CovidCheck controls
- Consumer Code modernised to cover digital goods and services
- European Electronic Communication Code adopted
- EU adequacy decision for South Korea